Sign for streets or highways.



Patented Nov. I3, I900.

H, N. KING. SIGN FOR STREETS 0R HIGHWAYS.

(Application filed Feb. 24, 1900,)

(No Model.)

"IN VENTOR.

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IIENRY N. KING, OF ADRIAN, MICHIGAN.

SEEN FOR STREET$ OR HIGHWAYS.

Q dBECIFIOATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 661,536, dated November 13, 1900.

Application filed February 24:, 1900- b'erial No. 6,357. \No model.)

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Be it known that I, HENRY N. KING, a citizen of the United States, residing at Adrian, county of Lenawee, State of Michigan, have invented a certain new and useful Im provement in Signs for Streets or Highways; and I declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification.

My invention has for its object certain improvements in signs for streets or highways; and it consists of the structure, combination, and arrangement of parts hereinafter described and claimed, and embodied in the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this application, and in which- Figure 1 is a view in perspective illustrating my invention. Fig. 2 is a similar view illustrating a modification. Fig. 3 is a view partly in vertical section and partly in side elevation. Fig. 4 is a plan view of the signboards, showing a portion in horizontal section. Fig. 5 is a View, partly in vertical section and partly in side elevation, showing a modification. Fig. 6 is a view in perspectiv showing a modification.

The purpose of my invention is to provide sign-boards for street-signs and analogous uses economical in manufacture and which may readily be applied in a simple and convenient manner.

In carrying out my invention, a represents a post which may, be of any desired construction. In Figs. 1, 2, 3, and 6 a wooden post is shown, and in Fig. 5 a tubular metal post. Upon the post I engage in any suitable manner vertically-arranged cast-metal sign-board arms, (indicated at b and 0,) each of said arms consisting, preferably, of a rectangular body provided with an integral hub (indicated at d) projecting from the body at one end there- Upon the post I engage a metal cap or tiead, (indicated at 6,) preferably of cast metal, to support the arms I) and c. A rod or bolt f is employed to hold said arms in place upon the head of the post, said rod or bolt passing through the bore of the hubs of the arms and through the metal head Where a wooden post is employed, said rod or bolt be ing engaged in the upper end of the post, as indicated more particularly in Figs. 1, 2, 3, and 6. \Vhere a tubular post is employed, the head may be engaged in the upper end of the post and the rod or bolt f may be cast in the head, as indicated in Fig. 5. Where a wooden post is employed, the cap or head may be recessed on its under surface to set over the top of the post, as shown more particularly in Fig. 3. The hubs of the signboard arms are made to swivel upon the rod or boltf, and the said arms can be readily set at any desired angle and maybe fastened in any desired position in any suitable manner, as by a set-screw g, passing through the hub of the corresponding arm to bind upon said rod or bolt.

In Fig. 1 I have shown four sign-board arms, two of said arms engaged upon the attaching rod or bolt above the lower two arms, the attaching rod or bolt passing downward through the hubs of the four arms to secure them in place. By this means the upper signboard arms may be seen the same distance as the lower sign-board arms, whereas, as will be obvious, if the four arms were all set upon the same level this would be impossible. These sign-boards being cast may very readily be constructed with raised letters on the sides thereof, as indicated at c. The hubs of the arms, as will be seen, are each provided with a vertical orifice or bore therethrough parallel with the face of the arm to engage upon the attaching rod or bolt. The guideboard arms I) c, it will be seen, are cut away or recessed adjacent to the corresponding hub, as indicated at h, so that two hubs may be engaged the one above the other, permitting two arms to be engaged upon the attaching device in the same plane. I do not, however, limit myself to so cutting away or recessing the hubs, as they may for certain purposes be of a length to correspond with the width of the arm to which it is connected. Thus in Fig. 6 a sign-board b is shown, a hub 27 being shown extending the entire width of the arm. It will be obvious that either an odd or an even number of arms or sign-boards may thus be engaged upon a post, the modification illustrated in Fig. 6

showing three arms or sign-boards, the upper arm having the length of its hub corresponding with the width of the upper arm.

What I claim as my invention is 1. The combination with a post, of two vertically-arranged sign-board arms each consisting of a rectangular body provided with an integral attaching-hub projecting from said body at one end thereof, and a device passing through the bore of said hub toengage the hub of the arm upon the post, the opposite end of the arm being disengaged, said hubs recessed on adjacent edges thereof to permit the said arms being vertically arranged upon the post, with the upper and lower edges of said arms in the same horizontal planes respectively.

2. The combination With a post, provided with a metal cap, of a vertically-arranged sign-board arm provided with an integral attaching-hub at one extremity thereof, and a vertical attaching rod or bolt passing through the bore of the hub to engage said hub upon said cap, the bore of the hub being vertically parallel with the face of the signboard arm, the upper and lower edges of said arm being in the same horizontal planes, respectively.

3. The combination with a post provided with a vertical attaching rod or bolt at the top thereof, of a sign-board arm provided with an integral hub swiveled upon said rod or bolt, and a fastening device passed through said hub to bind the hub of said arm upon the rod or bolt in any desired position.

4:. The combination with a post, of a signboard arm provided with an attaching-hub at one end thereof, a rod or bolt to secure the hub of said arm to the post and upon which said hub is swiveled, and a set-screw passed through said hub to engage said hub upon the bolt to hold said arm in rigid engagement in required position upon said attaching rod or bolt.

5. The combination with a post, of a lower set of vertically-arranged sign-board arms each provided with an integral attaching-hub, and an upper set of vertically-arranged signboard arms each provided with an integral attaching-hub located above the lower set, and an attaching device passed through the bores of the hubs of both of said sets of arms to engage said arms upon the post, the upper and lower edges of each set of said arms being in the same horizontal planes respectively.

6. The combination with a post provided with a cap at its upper end, of vertically-arranged sign-board arms each provided with an attaching-hub at adjacent extremities thereof, and an attaching device passed through the bore of said hubs to engage said hubs upon the post, said hubs being recessed on adjacent edges thereof to permit two arms being vertically arranged upon the post with their hubs one above the other, and With the upper and lower edges of the bodies of said arms in the same horizontal planes respectively, the ends of said arms opposite said hubs being disengaged.

In testimony whereof I sign this specification in the presence of two witnesses.

HENRY N. KING.

Witnesses:

F. E. KING, F. B. KING. 

